What religion did Jesus' followers form about Jesus?

• A. Judaism
• B. Christianity
• C. Islam
• D. Sikhism

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is how Jesus’s followers defined their beliefs in relation to Jewish tradition. They came to see Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God, not merely as a teacher within Judaism, and they organized a distinct faith around his life and teachings. This new faith grew out of the Jewish context of the time but developed its own identity, practices, and scriptures, and it came to be known as Christianity. The other options point to religions that arose in different places and times (Islam later in the Arabian Peninsula, Sikhism in Punjab centuries later) or to Judaism, the religious tradition Jesus himself inhabited before his followers formed their separate movement. Therefore, Jesus’s followers formed Christianity.